explain away

英 [ɪkˈspleɪn əˈweɪ]

美 [ɪkˈspleɪn əˈweɪ]

为…辩解; 搪塞

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 为…辩解；搪塞
  If someoneexplains awaya mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault.
  1. He evaded her questions about the war and tried to explain away the atrocities...
     他回避了她有关战争的问题，极力为那些暴行辩解。
  2. I had noticed blood on my husband's clothing but he explained it away.
     我注意到丈夫的衣服上有血迹，但是被他搪塞过去了。

双语例句

• You will find it difficult to explain away your use of such offensive language.
  你使用这样无礼的语言是很难说得过去的。
• Until now, attempts to explain away the lithium problem have involved secondary modifications of the amount around.
  直到现在，极力解开锂之难题的尝试牵涉到了元素量的二次变异。
• For most traits, however, these don't seem sufficient to explain away the substantial heritability estimates that are found for traits such as height, reading ability and sensation-seeking.
  然而，对于许多特性，这并不足够的去解释遗传性的实质，评估建立特性，例如身高、阅读能力和感觉探索。
• She tried to explain away the missing money.
  她试图为丢失的钱辩解。
• The company, eager to explain away that rather large gap, now attributes it at least in part to the use of a substantially different set of comparable companies to determine our price range as compared to the comparable companies utilized in our valuation report.
  在解释这两者间巨大差距的过程中，LinkedIn认为至少部分原因是因为确定发行价区域时，使用的可比同业组迥异于公司估值报告中采用的可比同业组。
• She managed to explain away my doubts.
  她的解释消除了我的怀疑。
• When defects are triaged and reviewed, we often explain away the reasons for the defect.
  当缺陷被修复和评审的时候，我们经常为缺陷自圆其说。
• Don't try to explain away the situation. If you have made mistakes, just admit them.
  不要再分辩了，有错误就承认嘛！
• Many of my clients find ways to explain away this feeling of being bored.
  我的许多顾客会找法子来解释那不是无聊的感觉。
• My mind went into such a spin-control mode, trying to explain away what he'd said.
  我的脑子立即进入扭转控制阶段，试图为他的话进行解密。